Overtures
01/07/12 12:00PM
We explore the development of operatic overtures.
Playlist
12:00pm
Die Entführung aus dem Serail: Overture (excerpt)
| Composer | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Scottish Chamber Orchestra |
| Conductor | Sir Charles Mackerras |
| CD/Album | Mozart - Die Entführung aus dem Serail |
| Record co./Cat # | Telarc 80544 |
| Release Year | 2000 |
12:01pm
Euridice: Prologue
| Composer | Jacopo Peri |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Coro Polifonico di Milano |
| Conductor | Angelo Ephrikian |
| CD/Album | Jacopo Peri: Euridice |
| Record co./Cat # | Amadeo 5002/3 [vinyl] |
12:04pm
Pagliacci: Prologue
| Composer | Ruggero Leoncavallo |
|---|---|
| Conductor | Rosario Bourdon |
| Soloists | Lawrence Tibbett, baritone |
| CD/Album | Lawrence Tibbett |
| Record co./Cat # | RCA 7808 |
| Release Year | 1989 |
12:13pm
Iphigénie en Tauride: Introduction
| Composer | Christoph Willibald Gluck |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Boston Baroque |
| Conductor | Martin Pearlman |
| Soloists | Christine Goerke, soprano |
| CD/Album | Gluck - Iphigénie en Tauride |
| Record co./Cat # | Telarc 80546 |
| Release Year | 2000 |
12:16pm
Die Zauberflöte: Overture
| Composer | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Staatskapelle Dresden |
| Conductor | Sir Colin Davis |
| CD/Album | Mozart - Overtures |
| Record co./Cat # | RCA 56698 |
| Release Year | 1999 |
12:25pm
Il barbiere de Siviglia: Overture
| Composer | Gioachino Rossini |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Montreal Symphony Orchestra |
| Conductor | Charles Dutoit |
| CD/Album | Rossini Overtures |
| Record co./Cat # | London 433074 |
| Release Year | 1992 |
12:33pm
Tristan und Isolde: Prelude
| Composer | Richard Wagner |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele |
| Conductor | Karl Böhm |
| CD/Album | Richard Wagner - Tristan und Isolde |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 419889 |
| Release Year | 1966 |
12:44pm
Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72a
| Composer | Ludwig van Beethoven |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Conductor | Claudio Abbado |
| CD/Album | Beetoven: Ouvertüren |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 429762 |
| Release Year | 1989 |
